Lifestyle

This is the mother of Miami area hotels. With its Art Deco facade, its Mediterranean revival design and its walls bedecked with artwork, the new 29-room Julia Hotel pays tribute to “old Miami” and Julia Tuttle, the original owner of the land upon which Miami was built. The hotel, which opened Aug....

With solar eclipse fever at full blast, the weeklong Total Eclipse Cruise to the eastern Caribbean adds a live performance by Bonnie Tyler, who will belt out “Total Eclipse of the Heart” before the Oasis of the Seas sails into the path of totality.

Don't have solar specs to watch Monday's Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21? Join the crowd. Protective eye wear is proving to be a hot commodity. Stores and online outlets are sold out. Don't bark at the moon. Instead, grab a colander or cereal box to make your own viewing equipment to safely watch...

She’s been described as the Cuban Adele. She’s Yoli Mayor, a Miami singer who has been competing this summer on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” reality show. Early in the season, judge Simon Cowell remarked that “she could be a contender to win the whole show.” On Tuesday night, she belted out “Human”...

Don’t have any solar eclipse glasses? No problem! Make your own free pinhole camera in five easy steps to safely watch the solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Safety glasses are a hot commodity and are proving difficult to find as interest in the Great American Eclipse reaches a frenzy pitch. This idea is...

AMC's zombie apocalypse drama "The Walking Dead" quickly became one of the most successful shows in television history after its debut in 2010. But its creators are now claiming they haven't gotten their fair share of its record-setting profits. On Monday, many key members of the show's creative...

The Palace Bar rises again. The bar, which closed July 4, will host a weekly tea dance party on the rooftop of the Clevelander South Beach Hotel, 1020 Ocean Drive, beginning Aug. 19, according to The Palace’s Facebook page. Since 1988, The Palace was home to glamorous drag queens who entertained...

Health

It's easy to get discouraged by the boutique fitness craze with $25 per class fees and the weekly chore of sitting by your computer to reserve a spot in that popular spin class that always sells out. It's often tempting to just skip it, so we rounded up our favorite free online workouts that you...

Hundreds of doctors in Florida are now certified to recommend medical marijuana for patients, and one of the biggest concentrations is in South Florida. Palm Beach County ranks sixth of Florida’s 67 counties for the number of qualified doctors per resident. Miami-Dade County is ninth and Broward...

A total solar eclipse will sweep across the United States on Aug. 21 from Oregon to South Carolina, causing darkness to fall along a 70-mile-wide stretch of land. But even if you can’t make it into this path of totality, where the moon will entirely obscure the face of the sun, you can still enjoy...

South Florida is the epicenter for new HIV infections, said Campbell Foundation trustee Bill Venuti. To combat the disease, the Fort Lauderdale-based nonprofit recently awarded three area institutions grants of $25,000 aimed at education, prevention and cure research. "While many of our research...

All liquid drug products manufactured by Davie-based PharmaTech have been recalled due to the possibility they might be contaminated and cause severe patient infection, the Food and Drug Administration announced. Meanwhile, after the FDA criticized the company’s quality control process in a May...

Philip Morris says it has created a less toxic cigarette - an innovation it claims could save lives and eliminate smoking in America. The new technology, called IQOS, consists of a tube that gently heats up sticks of tobacco instead of burning them. By using heat instead of flame, the company says,...

JC Penney is giving away $10 off $10 purchase coupons on Saturday, Aug. 19. Get to stores early for the coupon giveaway and use them to walk out with free or nearly-free stuff during the Power Penney Days sale running through Sunday. Back-to-school items include $5 T-shirts for women and kids,...

All of America will be looking up on Aug. 21 when a total solar eclipse covers the sun from sea to shining sea. Safety glasses are a hot commodity and are proving difficult to find as interest in the Great American Eclipse reaches a frenzy pitch. There are some options, and they're free! Proper...

Q: We had dinner the other evening at Villagio, in Mizner Park in Boca Raton, and had the most delicious roasted potatoes. If at all possible, I would love the recipe for them. They definitely were scrumptious. Thanks for any help you can give me in obtaining the recipe. — Barbara Weiss, Boca Raton​...

A pop star told a jury about her tush, a red-hot musical hit town, a country-pop icon passed away, a rocker eyed the Great White Way and a surprising celebrity split made people super sad. Here’s all that news and more from this week in entertainment. Ms. Swift, can you please describe the alleged...

A big movie had a big crisis, a tenacious band had a big win, a late-night host asked for trouble, a reality show got rolling again and a Hollywood institution made plans to expand. Here’s all that news and more from this week in entertainment. Han Solo movie has a slight director malfunction Four...

Home and Garden

“Finding the right house might be more of a challenge than finding the right man!” I am on the phone with my friend, interior designer Elaine Griffin, who is cracking me up, as usual. We are commiserating about how hard it is to make two homes one, forget making two hearts one. That’s the easy...

Surely there are more than 10 mistakes we make but I think I have found the big ones. Rarely do I take a negative approach to a subject but in this case it seem to be the best way to get the points across. Below are the mistakes we have all made when trying to create and maintain gardens and attractive...

Parenting

Solar eclipse education takes center stage this weekend as the Monday event approaches. And back-to-school programs, including the Back-to-School Bash at Coral Square Mall on Saturday, continue as Broward and Miami-Dade students prepare to return to class. Get your kids excited about the solar...

When my son Ben was young, he ate only white food. Spaghetti, bread and popcorn all made the cut; broccoli and peppers, not so much. I couldn't let it go. I formed spinach into "Shrek pancakes," told him Batman loved peas and challenged him to string bean eating contests. I knew he loved superheroes...

Travel

The Sunshine State has so many attractions that it’s difficult for potential visitors to know where to start. Should it be the beaches of the Panhandle or Miami’s South Beach; the horse country around Ocala or the Mouse Kingdom in Orlando; the Florida of yesterday at Captiva or the Florida of tomorrow...

This dive bar promises to draw patrons from all over the world — and not just for the mermaid bartender and other slippery characters. You will have to dive to get here — this “bar,” onboard a sunken tugboat, is actually art for an artificial reef project designed to draw wildlife and scuba divers....